diff --git a/src/HPath.hs b/src/HPath.hs
index 2c8f0c2..42e88cb 100644
--- a/src/HPath.hs
+++ b/src/HPath.hs
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ module HPath
   ,dropFileName
   ,dropTrailingPathSeparator
   ,dropWhileEnd
+  ,equalFilePath
   ,joinPath
   ,normalise
   ,splitDirectories
@@ -499,6 +500,12 @@ isValid filepath
   | otherwise                  = True
 
 
+equalFilePath :: ByteString -> ByteString -> Bool
+equalFilePath p1 p2 = f p1 == f p2
+  where
+    f x = dropTrailingPathSeparator $ normalise x
+
+
 
 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 -- String based path functions